Cigarette dispenser



Aug. 6, 1940. J. o. TANKERSLEY CIGARETTE DISPENSER Filed Feb. 2s, 1959w. L M, n j

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 6,1940 i UNITED l`sTAr|a1s` CIGARETTEvnisritNsna t James OrinTankersley, Decatur, Ill. applicati@ February23, 1939, serial. No.` 258,925

1 Claim.

The invention relates to a cigarette dispenser and more particularly toa detachable dispenser for cigarettes adaptable for mounting on theinstrument board'within a vehicle body, being convenient for theldelivery in single order of a cigarette into the hand oan operato-roisuch dispenser, the undelivered cigarettes being conned so as tomaintain kthefsame fresh and readily obtainable at will.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a dispenser ofthis character, wherein the same is readily clamped to the dash or infstrumentboard of avehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, and occupiesthe least possible space in that it is compact l'and will successfullydeliver cigarettes singly to an operator of the device.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a dispenser ofthis character, wherein the same can be readily filled when attached inplace to the instrument or dash board of a vehicle without requiring thecomplete dismounting of such dispenser. l

A further object of thel invention is theprovision of a dispenser ofthis character, which is simple in its construction, thoroughly reliableand eiiicient in operation, neat in appearance, readily and easilyoperated, and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With these and other objects -in View, the invent consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment4 of the invention andpointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a topplan view of the dispenser constructed in accordancewith the invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure'l lookingin the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a View similar to Figure 3 showing the dispenser with itsdispensing gate or shutterl) in an adjusted position.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the dispenser constituting thepresent invention comprises a hanger body formed with a flat top ID,

- side ypanels or cheeksv II and laterally outstruck guides I2,respectively, the hanger body being open, front and back thereof, whileat the rearmost edge of the top I is a channel-forming (o1. 31a-s4) f Yange I3, which is a continuation of the guides rI 2 struck outwardly atthe panels or cheeks I l.

Removably fittedin the hanger, body is a magazine-forming body Ill'having a straight vertical front wall. I5, side walls It and arelatively shallow vertical rear wall lfLrespectively. From this shallowv,wall I1 is extended a `forwardly inclined bottom IS, thefront wall I 5being provided with an inwardly curved lower portion I9 which with thebottom I approach eachother for providing therebetween a dispensingspace or slot 2 0 for theYdispensing of the contents of the dispenser ina .manner presently described.

Mounted for vertical swing at the opening or slot 2G is an eccentricallydisposed gate or shutter formed with ya. hollow shell portion 2|provided with an overrun top area 22 formed with a depressed seatf'orpocket 23 nextto a directing lip 24, the gate or shutter being swingableupon a pivot 25 horizontally arranged and journaled in the side wallsI6. The shell 2I carries within it an overbalancihg .weight 26 whichurges the gate or shutter to closing position for the Contact' of thelip 24 with the curved lower portion I9. On contact of the lip 24 withthis curved portion I9 of the front wall I5, the dispenser is closed,this being automatically brought about by the weight 26 within the shellportion ZI of vthe said gatev the lip 24 into the hand of an operator ofthe dispenser engaging the said shell portion 2l of the gate or shutter.

i The cigarettes within the magazine body I4 will be delivered ordispensed in single order in that the shell portion 2l turns in akmanner to shut 01T further dispensing of the cigarettes other than thesingle one within the pocket 23 when the shutter or gate is swung toopening position.

On the top It of the hanger body is a screw clamp 28 adapted forclamping engagement with a cowl or instrument board of a vehicle, par#ticularly a motor vehicle, a portion of the board being indicated at 29and the clamping position of the dispenseris shown in detail at Figure 3of the drawing. f

The magazine body I4 is separable from the hanger body in that the sidewalls I6 carry outturned guide anges .30 fitting, the guides I2 and thetop Il) of the hanger body has an impression latching rib 3| whichengages the back wall I1 when the magazine body is interfitted With the:

hanger body, thus frictionally latching these together yet the magazinebody is readily pulled from within the hanger body, the uppermostportion of the said magazine body being open so that on removal thereofit can be filled with cigarettes.

The bottom I8 has the downwardly curved overhanging edge 32 with respectto the shell portion 2| of the gate or shutter effecting a close jointrelationship` therebetween. The gate or` shutter-Lis shown in closedposition in Figure 3 and in Figure 4 of the drawing in a dispensingposition for effecting on the swing of the said gate or shutter thesingle dispensing or delivery of a cigarette from the dispenser.

When the magazine body is within the hanger body, the front wall I5 ofthe magazine body is disposed slightly inwardly or the marginal edge ofthe open front of said hanger body.

The magazine body at the back wall I1 has separable lip engagement at 33with the channeled flange forming a continuation of the guides I2 atoppositesides of the hanger body.

The side walls I6 of the magazine body are extended downwardly to closethe opposite ends of the pocket 23 throughout the movement of theshutter or gate. The cigarettes within the magazine body gravitate forsingle deposit within the pocket 23 so that on operating the gate orshutter a single delivery of the cigarette is assured While the lip 24directs the delivering cigarette into the hand operating the shutter orgate, one hand only being required for the operation of the gate orshutter and with the palm of the hand uppermost the cigarette beingdelivered rolls into the hand during the dispensing operation.

The dispenser, while adaptable for use in a Vehicle, is also adaptablefor use in connection with tables or other supports, as, for example, acard table or the like.

What is claimed is:

A dispenser for slender articles, comprising a body having a slottedsubstantially hopper shaped v bottom, a tubiformed dispensing gateswingable in the slot in the said bottom and forming a hollow for aweight, a'weight lXedly held and so disposed within the hollow in saidgate as to normally urge the same in closing non-dispensing position, alip extending from the gate for delivering an articlefrom'the body intothe hands of an operator, the said gate being formed with a pocket nextto the lip for reception of a single article from within the body whenthe gate is in non-dispensing position and adapted to deliver the singlearticlev onto the lip on the swinging of the' gate to a dispensingposition from non-dispensing position, andv pivot ears formed on thegate for eccentric swingable mounting thereof on a horizontal axis, thegate being so constructed that in the non-dispensing position the slotin the bottom of the hopper is closed by the gate and its lip while inthe dispensing position the slot is closed wholly by the body portion ofthe gate.

JAlWES O. TANKERSLEY.

